Word: sighing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...home truths. Thereafter General Chamorro, having made up his mind that the U. S. would not recognize him as President, resigned that office, which he had held by force, and Señor Diaz was elected. Instant Recognition. U. S. Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg assumedly heaved a sigh of relief at the turn of Nicaraguan affairs, last week, for he immediately extended recognition. President Diaz, tactful, was moved in a burst of gratitude to the U. S. to sanction the long mooted sale of 51% of the stock of the Nicaragua National Bank to the Guarantee Trust...
...others know, that for such a polyglot community there is the minimum amount of intrigue, that, as for individual singers, the world is at fault, producing less than it did once, but that he has nearly all the best obtainable. . . . The American artist? Mr. Gatti heaves a mighty sigh. He might quote a few figures, that of his 93 principals 37 are Americans, that the strength of his native wing is three times that of the German, twice that of the Italian, 33 times that of the French. But being Mr. Gatti-Casazza and little given to explanation in English...
...good playwright; he refuses to limit himself to one or two special themes; realism, "a slice of life," means nothing in the theatre. He detests being described as "whimsical." Yet that adjective better than any other, perhaps, describes the art that is making enthusiastic audiences smile and sigh these fall evenings at the Booth Theatre...
...Mary (Winifred Lenihan), faithful to her father's revolutionary gas-buggy, loves and will always love Archie, the Quixotic, uniformed champion of the horse. Of course, when Mary shoots Josie, the last horse, there is nothing more for Archie to be loyal to, so he turns with a sigh to the taxicab Mary purchased for him, and it ends happily-except for poor old Josie. Mr. Barry presents it all in a fantasy-pageant, tender, sometimes sharply satirical. Never does he allow the symbolism to intrude upon the essential humanity of his men, women, and horse. Every minute...
Unfortunately, we cannot gloat upon our record thus far, we pass over the events of the last week with a sigh of regret and sob for those who are lost to us. We turn towards the future as relieved as the player who gets a new lease of life after the loaded bases have been emptied by a timely home-run into the right-field bleachers after a long period of suspense. Now we face a new batter and can stand afresh. We have a fine opportunity in the rally tonight to warm up our voices in preparation...